Ecological Gradients Along the Drents Plateau for Provincial Environmental Planning

A geospatial dataset showing macro-gradients along the edge of the Drents Plateau as part of the ecological structure. It was used in the Provincial Environment Plan Drenthe II, which was adopted by the Provincial States of Drenthe on 7 July 2004. The data is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.

Use Cases

• Modeling ecological connectivity based on the described macro-gradients.
• Informing regional land-use policy based on the ecological structure data.
• Analyzing landscape features for environmental planning as referenced in the Provincial Environment Plan.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific, formally adopted policy document (Provincial Environment Plan Drenthe II).
• Provided in multiple standard geospatial formats (WFS, PNG, WMS).
• Has a clear public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely derived for provincial environmental planning.

Time Range

Data reflects the plan adopted in July 2004.

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Drents Plateau, Drenthe province, Netherlands.